1、2024届广东省广州市高三上学期调研测试（零模）英语试题（B）学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读选择Student Film FestivalStudent Film Festival celebrates learning across the curriculum through the exciting and dynamic medium of short film. Through film, students can tell stories, investigate ideas, document learning in any area of study and expr
2、ess the complexity of their thinking through a range of genres and technical approaches. With the creative use of digital media, students can integrate their personal perspectives to explore the diverse and challenging issues of our time. Its open to all students, regardless of school. We are accept
3、ing submissions in the following categories:Cartoon (up to 30 mins)Documentary(纪录片)(up to 60 mins)Music Video(under 10 mins)Science Fiction Short (up to 25 mins)Situational Comedy (under 10 mins)Web Series(up to three episodes, no more than 30 mins each)So far, more than 20 entries have been selecte
4、d across all categories. We will gradually announce the chosen entries for each category, giving you a chance to watch all the films online and vote for your favourites. Winners in all categories will be announced on Wednesday, 27 December. Over the years, our film festivals have attracted thousands
5、 of filmmakers from around the world. Each festival features live screenings in our own school theater. Our 80-seat theater is outfitted with a 4K projector and seven speakers throughout the venue, delivering high quality in a first-class screening environment. Filmmakers whose works are accepted in
6、to our festival will receive free passes to the school theater, invitations to film masterclasses, and are considered for awards.1Which of the following can be a suitable submission to the festival?AA 20-minute recording of a short play.BA two-hour film recording your daily routine.CA five-minute fu
7、n video about students dormitory life.DA 22-minute educational video explaining popular science.2What can filmmakers do if their works are accepted?AReceive a film award.BWatch films for free in the school theater.CInterview film masters.DDeliver a speech in the venue.3What is the text?AA schedule f
8、or the film selecting process.BAn invitation to a filmmakers celebration.CAn announcement of a film festival awards.DAn advertisement for an upcoming festival.Once the choice of royal household, the watermelon has gained popularity rapidly over the years, and an online grocer reported that the fruit
9、s sales on the platform had increased sixfold from 2020 to 2022, resulting in increasingly high demand for watermelon quality testers. Lee, 32, is extremely busy in the summer months. Just by holding the watermelon near his ear and knocking on the surface with his fingers, Lee says, he can tell by t
10、he sound if the fruit is ripe enough to be eaten or not. He works for a rural cooperative set up by a group of watermelon farmers, and puts thousands of watermelons through the “knock test” daily, before they are shipped to downtown warehouses where the platform sources its supplies. The practice of
11、 knocking on watermelons to determine their ripeness can be found across cultures. In China, it is considered a national habit. Smart buyers tap on the fruit before purchase to ensure their money is well-spent. Some buyers knock on the fruit despite not knowing what the hollow sound means just to ne
12、gotiate a better deal from the seller. As fruit sales have moved to online platforms in a big way, those who make a living by checking the quality of the fruits with their fingers are much in demand. Lee is one among the growing group. Their task is to conduct knock tests on behalf of e-buyers and e
13、nsure that the fruits selected to be sold online are uniform in size and quality. Lee, who was once an award-winning soccer player, now describes himself as a “goalkeeper for watermelons”. He quit soccer about four years ago and learned about melon-knocking as an emerging profession and decided to b
14、ecome an apprentice(学徒) to an experienced farmer. After a years trial and error, Lee worked independently as a quality checker. “It is a highly demanding task. During the apprenticeship, I often cracked open melons to confirm my judgment. There are just no shortcuts, ” he said.4What is the main purp
15、ose of the text?ATo introduce an emerging profession.BTo describe Lees career transformation.CTo discuss the importance of fruit quality testers.DTo explain the cultural role of watermelon-knocking.5What has led to the high demand for watermelon quality testers?AThe popularity of watermelons.BThe bi
16、g harvest of watermelons.CAn increase in watermelon prices.DA rapid rise in online watermelon sales.6Why does Lee describe himself as a “goalkeeper for watermelons”?AHe was once an award-winning soccer player.BHe dreams of being a professional melon-knocker.CHe was taught by an experienced watermelo
17、n farmer.DHe ensures that customers enjoy watermelons of quality.7What can we learn from Lees words in the last paragraph?ASeeing is believing.BEvery man has his value.CGreat efforts and practice matter.DExcellence can be found in any profession.A moment occurs in the exchange between professor and
18、student when each of us adopts a look. My look says, “What, you dont understand?” Theirs says, “We dont. And we think youre making it up.” We are having a problem. Basically, weve all read the same story, but we havent used the same analytical approaches. It may seem at times as if the professor is
19、inventing interpretations out of thin air. Actually, the truth is that as the slightly more experienced reader, the professor has acquired over the years the use of a certain “language reading”. Besides, he has grasped three professional tools-memory, symbol and pattern. These items separate the pro
20、fessional readers from the ordinary ones. English professors are cursed with memory. When reading a new book, I constantly seek out connections and inferences, recalling faces and themes from past readings. I cant not do it, although there are plenty of times when that ability is not something I wan
21、t to exercise. This does not necessarily improve the experience of popular entertainment. Professors also read and think symbolically. Everything is a symbol of something, it seems, until proven otherwise. We ask: What does the thing over there represent? The kind of mind that works its way through
22、undergraduate and then graduate classes in literature and criticism tends to see things as existing in themselves while also representing something else. This tendency to understand the world in symbolic terms is enhanced by years of training and rewards the symbolic imagination. A related phenomeno
23、n in professorial reading is pattern recognition. Most professional students of literature learn to take in the specific detail while seeing the patterns that the detail reveals. Experience has proved to them that life and books fall into similar patterns. Literature is full of patterns, and your re
24、ading experience will be much more rewarding when you can step back from the work, even while you are reading it, and look for those patterns.8How does the author introduce the topic?ABy describing a real-life scene.BBy using popular quotes.CBy presenting conflicting ideas.DBy raising an interesting
25、 question.9Why do the students think the professor is making up interpretations?AThey have limited life experience.BThey lack chances for sufficient reading.CThey are unable to analyze the text thoroughly.DThey do not trust the professors teaching abilities.10What does paragraph 3 say about English
26、professors?AThey have a strong desire to not have their good memory.BTheir reading habit doesnt always guarantee desirable effects.CTheir memory adds to their reading pleasure of popular works.DThey keep making connections with their own life while reading.11Which is the authors suggestion on readin
27、g literature?AIdentify the hidden text modes.BPerceive many things at the same time.CLook for details and language patterns.DMemorize patterns of symbolic meanings.Research is making surprising discoveries about insects: Honeybees have emotional ups and downs. Cockroaches have personalities and team
28、 up to make decisions. Fruit flies experience something very like fear. Were pretty sure other humans have feelings because they can tell us. But we dont know whether the bee is buzzing in anger or in fear. Human babies are silent on the matter, too. It was only in the 1980s that doctors came to bel
29、ieve human babies felt pain. In recent years, humans have gradually offered membership in the sentience club not only to their own young, but to some other animals. In the last decade, many countries have begun to ban experimentation on all great apes. And some ocean creatures were recently recogniz
30、ed as sentient. But with insects, the question remains open. Andrew Barron and Colin Klein are behind much of the foundational work on bee brains. In 2016, they published a paper arguing that insects brains have the capacity for subjective experience. Their argument follows on the research of Swedis
31、h scientist BjrnMerker, whose work suggests that the more basic forms of consciousness (意识) are located not in the cortex (大脑皮层), which insects do not have, but in subcortical structures of the brain, which insects do have. “These subcortical structures are quite big and have a huge amount of proces
32、sing power,” says Barron. They also argue that these structures may have been the earlier forms of our consciousness during evolutionary development. Other researchers are digging into the question, too. Jessica Ware notes that shes unsure what the similarities in these subcortical structures mean f
33、or insect consciousness. “We dont really have enough information to distinguish between what could be consciousness or awareness of the surroundings and what could be us humans interpreting that as consciousness,” she says. Still, Ware loves the idea of expanding the discussion of consciousness. “Th
34、e doors are just opening up for further exploration,” she says. “This means we might have stopped looking at what it means to be conscious from a human-centered view.”12Why is it challenging to determine the emotional states of insects?AInsects tend to hide their emotions.BInsects are not capable of
35、 communication.CInsects rarely experience human-like emotions.DInsects cannot convey their emotions to humans.13What does the underlined phrase “sentience club” refer to in paragraph 3?AAnimals selected for scientific research.BSocial clubs founded to protect animals.CCreatures recognised as having
36、consciousness.DOrganizations committed to emotion management.14What do Barron and Klein argue about insect brains?AThey have developed in similar ways as human brains.BThey have the competence for emotions and consciousness.CThey have the same processing power as human beings do.DThey produce some b
37、asic forms of consciousness in the cortex.15What is Wares concern about Barron and Kleins argument?AThe lack of theoretical foundation.BThe possibility of misinterpretation.CThe underestimation of brain function.DThe use of inappropriate research method.Collaboration happens more often than we reali
38、ze. 16 This may seem easy in theory but being an effective collaborator can sometimes be a challenge. Below are the tips on how to improve your collaboration skills. Listening 17 During collaboration, it can be easy to get so wrapped up in your own ideas that youre not giving your full attention and
39、 consideration to everyone elses. If everyone in the room falls victim to this, there wouldnt really be any collaboration happening. Take time to really listen and process the ideas of others. Giving and receiving honest feedbackIts important that everyone is able to be straightforward when giving a
40、nd receiving feedback. When you share your opinion and someone else disagrees with it, try not to take it personally. 18 Its not necessarily for your ideas to be right. On the other hand. you should also feel comfortable giving open and honest feedback to others so long as youre being polite about i
41、t. 19 This could be someone who works in a different position at your job, someone with a different background from you, or someone whos an expert in the topic youre seeking information about. This can help to start more dynamic conversations and introduce new ideas you may not have come up with if
42、you were working on your own or with a group of like-minded people. Collaboration may not always be easy. 20 AAppreciating ideas from different fieldsBSeeking collaborators outside your fieldCIts important to not let your self-importance take hold.DWithout collaboration, we may not be able to comple
43、te most of our work.EIf you do feel annoyed, remind yourself the goal is to find an ideal solution.FIt can be defined as working together with others to achieve a common goal.GBut if you apply these ideas, you may find the experience productive and positive.二、完形填空Christy was helping Mum sort through
44、 boxes theyd found in their new home. “Look, ” she held up an old photo, “It says Mabel beside Dream Lake, summer 1910. ” It looked so 21 . Christy asked if she could 22 it. Mum agreed, adding that Mabel was once the owner of the house, but she didnt know about the 23 .Now Christy had a puzzle to 24
45、 . Where was Dream Lake? The next morning, Christy went to the local 25 , where she looked through 26 of the town. They showed streets, businesses, but no lakes. Back home, while she was staring out her bedroom window, a 27 feeling hit her. Christy quickly 28 Mabels photo and ran outside. In its 29
46、, a steeple (尖塔) rose above a border of short trees. It looked much like the one now visible above the line of trees of her backyard. “Mum!” shouted Christy. “Its the same steeple. This picture was taken in our 30 !”Mum hurried outside to look. “Yeah, the trees have 31 grown, but its the same steepl
47、e. But wheres the lake?” They finally turned to the historical society. But no one there had ever heard of such a lake. And all the 32 proved useless. “I dont 33 it, ”said Christy in confusion. That night, 34 came down and cooled the air. Early the next morning, Christy woke up and looked out of her
48、 window. “Dream Lake!” yelled Christy. “We 35 the puzzle, Mum!”21AcolourfulBhistoricalCpermanentDreal22AshareBhangCcopyDkeep23AladyBtimeClakeDphoto24Acare forBworry aboutCwork outDtake up25AgalleryBparkCtheatreDlibrary26AmapsBpostersCfilmsDjournals27ApositiveBfamiliarChorribleDstrange28AhidBthrewCtor
